Hide and seek Flashcards by Hetty Atkinson

Q

‘Call out. Call loud’

A

Throws reader into game

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‘sacks in the tool shed smell like the seaside’

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Sibilance- image of seaside

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They’ll ‘never’ find you

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Modal verb- great confidence

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‘The floor is cold’

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Discomfort

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Q

‘whispering’ ‘hushed’

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Plotting against him- isolation

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‘Prowling’

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Zoomorphism- vulnerability

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‘heard them sound so hushed’

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Alliteration mirrors breathing- tension

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‘Don’t breathe. Don’t move. Stay dumb. Hide’

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Imperatives and short sentences- stillness

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‘the cold bites through your coat’

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Personification- growing discomfort

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‘darkening garden’

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Builds tension and increases sense of isolation

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‘bushes hold their breath’

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Personification- threatening/vunerability

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‘But where are they who sought you?’

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Question- uncertainty- contrasts with previous assured tone. Unanswered- emphasises loneliness

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